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External Hard Drives

External or Portable Hard Drives are not only good for supplementing your USB cables *Firewire cables Don't panic, the choice here is easy and basically related to what type of interface your computer supports. * USB is pretty much universal nowadays, especially if you have a external USB ports. * Firewire is a little more specialized, but usually supported by every firewire expansion card, before buying a Firewire drive. Before buying, you'll also want to consider how much memory you need. External drives range anywhere from 30 GB all the way to 4 TB (1TB =1000 GB). A GB, to recap, will hold about an hour of video or about 200 songs. Ok, all set, then. That's all the technology you really need to know. From here on out it's just personal preference, so, happy shopping.

3.5 External Hard Drives

3.5 inch is the standard for most hard drives, which is good if you're shopping in this category because the drives here are the most cost effective. They only suffer, with respect to 2.5 inch drives, by being a little bigger and bulkier, but not much. Most of these drives will fit comfortably in a handbag or small pouch. ! * 3.5 USB Drives * 3.5 Firewire Drives Also, you may want to shop by how much memory a drive has, but always make sure to check compatibility with your interface: * 250 GB 3.5 Drives * 500 GB 3.5 Drives * 1 TB 3.5 Drives * 2 TB 3.5 Drives

2.5 External Hard Drives

2.5 inch drives tend to be a bit more expensive than 3.5 inch drives, but they're also usually smaller and even more portable. That could be good, depending on your application, since some of these drives may be small enough to carry in your pocket. * 2.5 USB Drives * 2.5 Firewire Drives Or, again, you could shop by how storage capacity: * 250 GB 2.5 Drives * 500 GB 2.5 Drives * 1 TB 2.5 Drives * 2 TB 2.5 Drives

Biometric/Encrypted Secure Drives

Drives in this category have biometric security devices attached and also feature data encryption, in case the drive is stolen. These are ideal for storing sensitive information, such as some doctors do about their patients, etc. * Secure USB Drives * Secure Firewire Drives Or, again, by storage capacity: * 250 GB Secure Drives * 500 GB Secure Drives * 1 TB Secure Drives * 2 TB Secure Drives

Top Sellers

Here are some of the best selling external hard drives on the market today:

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